Cable-support



0. W. BRENIZER.

CABLE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I9. 1918.

Patented Mar. 29, 1921 I Wen/Z07 PATENT OFFICE.

ORSON W.

.BRENIZER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR F ONE-FIFTH TO ANDREW V. GBQUBE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CABLE-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented B1 29, 1921,

Application filed March 19, 1918. Serial a... 223,209.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OnsoN W. Bnnmznn,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cable-Supports, of which the following is a specification. a

My invention relates to improvements in cable supports adapted to'be hung at intervals upon a supporting or messenger wire and to receive and support a cable.

The object of my invention is to provide a novel, simple and eflicient support which may be formed of a single piece of wire and which may be easily and quickly applied to a supporting or messenger wire, and which, when applied thereto, will firmly grip the messenger wire in a manner to prevent displacement of the support when a cable is drawn therethrough and when the support is in service.

With the above and related objects in view, my invented support consists of the elements and the combinations of them hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention,

Figure 1 is a face view of a cable support embodying my invention and applied to a messenger wire which is shown in transverse section.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the parts shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a top view thereof.

Fig. i is a face view of the support in the normal condition thereof, and showing, by dotted lines, the position to which the parts are sprung to receive the messenger wire.

Referring to the drawings, the cable sup port is preferably formed of a. single piece of spring wire and comprises a loop 2 having end portions 3 and 4, hooks 5, 6 and 7 and an arm 8.

The hooks 5 and 7 face difi'erent directions and form continuations of the end portions 3 and 4, respectively, and they are adapted to be hooked around the messenger wire 9 from opposite sides thereof. The arm 8 forms a continuation of the hook 5 and the hook 6 forms a continuationof the arm 8 and it extends therefrom on lines following the lines of the hook 5 in spaced relation thereto and it is adapted to be hooked around the wire 9 with the hook 5. The hook .7 is adapted to be hooked around the messenger wire 9 between the hooks 5 and 6, as clearly illustrated.

\Vhen the support is applied to the messenger wire 9, the loop 2 extends transversely beneaththe same and is ada )ted to receive a cable, indicated at 10 in i igs. l and2, the hooks 5 and 6 are hooked around the wire 9 from one side thereof, the hook 7 is hooked around the wire 9 from the op posite side thereof and the free end portion of the hook 7 extends between the wire 9 and the arm 8.

The normal condition of the support is shown by full lines in Fig. 4;; and, in applying the support to the wire 9, the loop 2 is grasped by hand and the device is moved relatively to the wire 9 to cause it to enter the loop 2. The parts of the device are then sprung into the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4. This done, the hooks 5 and 6, as a unit, are hooked around the wire 9 from'one side thereof, and the hand pressure against thedevice, holding it in the condition shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4;, isthen relieved, permitting the device to return part Way to the normal condition shown by full lines in Fig. 4:. During this return action of the device, the hook 7 is hooked around the wire 9 from the opposite side thereof and the free end portlon of the hook 7 enters between the wire 9 and the arm 8 and comes to rest in engagement with or in close proximity to said arm, as clearly shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. The engagement of the hooks 5, 6 and 7 with the wire 9 prevents the complete return of the device to the normal condition shown by full lines in Fig. 4:; and, thereafter, the tendency of the device to resume said normal condition, causes the books 5, 6 and 7 to firmly grip the messenger wire 9.

When the support is applied to the wire 9, the free end portion of the hook 7, engaging the arm 8, locks the hooks 5 and 6 upon the wire 9 and prevents the accidental disengagement of the device therefrom.

As the hooks 5, 6 and 7 all engage the wire 9 above and below the horizontal center thereof, and as the hooks 5 and 6 are looked upon the wire 9 by the engagement of the hook 7 with the arm 8, the entire device is prevented from tilting, or its tilting is confined within very narrow and unobjectionable limits, when the cable 10 is drawn therethrough in either direction.

1. A cablesupport comprising a cable receiving. loop adapted to extend transversely beneath a supporting Wire, a hook on one end portion of said loop and extending inwardly therefrom, an arm extending laterally from said hook, a hookon the other end portion of said loop and extending in- Wardly therefrom, said hooks facing different directionsg and being adapted to be passed upwardly on the respective sides of said vvire to in'close said Wire Within said loop, said hooks being thereafter adapted to be hooked -arounol said Wire from opposite, sides thereof, and the last named hook being adapted to extend between said arm and, said Wire to look the first named hook upon said Wire.

2. cable support comprising a cable reerally -'end portion, an

ceiving loop adapted to extend transversely beneath a supporting Wire, a pair of latspaced hooks one of which is connected 'to one end portion of said loops and both of which extend inwardly from said arm connecting the hooks of said pair, a hook connected to the other end portion of said loop and extending inwardly therefrom, said pair of hooks and said hook facing different directions and being adapted to be moved past said wire onv the respective sides thereof to inclose said Wire Within said loop, said pair of hooks and said hook being thereafter adapted to be hooked around said wire from opposite sides thereof, and the last named hook being adapted to extend between the hooks of said pair and between said arm and said Wire to lock said pair of hooks upon said Wire.

ORSON W. BRENIZER. 

